We wanted to leave home no later than 5am and Gunther kindly offered to drive us to the airport. He picked Mark up first and arrived 10 minutes early and Wendy was not quite ready. A few minutes later we were on our way in our ute, which Gunther would drive home and secure for us. He will then pick us up in it when we get back. We were at the airport by 5:30am and did not have to wait long before checking-in - all the way to Bangkok. It was then time for a coffee...

All of a sudden it's nearly time to leave on our next unsupported cycle tour. After surviving their first cycle tour together in 2014, we (Greg and Wendy) decided to chance another one. We decided to stay in one country this time, and as Germany is such a great country for cycling infrastructure, we picked it. Instead of just putting up with our own company this tour is going to be shared with six other brave souls: Gunther & Yvonne (we cycle with them most d...